Ryan Zinke

trust, but verify, I think has been a very, very good phrase from President Reagan.

I am an advocate of co-management.

Forty years, it does not seem appropriate for a bypass.

As a Congressman, I stood opposed to it.

I do support and remain supportive of the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

I intend to be the most transparent Interior Secretary in my lifetime.

I am also very concerned about the hostile position that this administration has adopted towards national monuments, including two monuments in New Mexico that are important economic engines for the region.

America's lands hold tremendous job-creating assets.

Public lands and the stewardship that it requires is not a partisan issue. It is an American issue.

I think our public lands, particularly within Interior are our greatest treasures. I want to make sure that we not only protect them, we preserve them for generations to come.

We need to look at using those funds as they were intended.

I will commit to reviewing them.

I am concerned about the message that is being sent to Indian Country about how this administration views Tribal sovereignty and how the fulfillment of the Federal trust and treaty responsibilities will be handled by the Department going…

I simply do not understand why it is a bridge too far to ask the oil and gas industry to implement common sense measures to ensure that natural resources from our Federal lands are not being wasted.

This budget reflects the President's commitment to fiscal responsibility--proposing sensible and rational reductions.

I also know that this subcommittee has a longstanding tradition of working closely with your Department no matter who is in charge and look forward to that relationship continuing.

I think we will look at a Secretarial order to clarify the position. I will be glad to help you with it.

I look forward to working with you on it.

This is our nation's most successful land conservation program, which 85 Senators voted to make permanent just last year.

I am absolutely committed to making sure that every kid has a great education, in particular, to some of our Indian nations.

sovereignty should mean something.

Ma'am, I don't drag my feet. I just, I don't operate that way. As far as the law goes, I support the law, as we all should, that's my obligation to do so.

The budget does not favor one energy solution over another, nor does it favor extraction over non-extraction.

Fighting forest fires, particularly in the West, has become a billion-dollar problem.

This is what a balanced budget looks like.